In the lecture hall of Chunhe Palace, there are piles of accounts and files.

After several days of sweating and raining, a group of East Palace speakers finally sorted out the accounts of Zhongshu Province in the past five years.

And then, there is no then......

~~

In the prince's study next door.

The crown prince looked at Wu Bozong with an unkind face.

"Nothing wrong? Is this the result of your audit? Does the palace still have to give Hu Weiyong a plaque of 'honesty and self-discipline'? ”

"This, they have a certain problem, Hu Weiyong and his party are rampant, women and children know about it......" Wu Bozong sweated profusely: "Why is there no problem with the accounts?" Something must have gone wrong. ”

"Nonsense!" The prince said angrily: "If you were so easy to catch, he Hu Weiyong would have died eight hundred times!" Do you still need to check the accounts? ”

"Yes, yes......" Wu Bozong made a big red face.

The fall of Chen Qianfu and Yu Xi's party did not affect him. But the horses and mules were frightened, and they scared him a lot. In order to improve his status in the eyes of the prince and get himself out of a dangerous situation-

That's why he lobbied the prince hard, and finally agreed to the audit. I was going to show my face well, but I didn't expect to show my ass.

"I know, I heard that the king of Chu was checking the accounts in Guozixue, and he found a bunch of problems, so he wanted to concoct the same method." Zhu Biao's sentence poked at his heart:

"Don't think that if anyone else can do it, so can you! In the future, give me an honest study, and don't point fingers at state affairs anymore! ”

"Your Highness's words are wrong." Wu Bozong was shocked when he heard this, it was the first time he had heard the prince say such things.

Now I have to refute it, otherwise their foundation will be shaken.

"The knowledge done by the ministers is the knowledge of governing the country!"

"Really?" Zhu Biao was also convinced of this. But he couldn't help but give a demonstration to the sixth child, which made him more and more suspicious...... With a group of scholars who only read the books of sages, can you really govern the country well?

At the same time, the words 'technocrats' began to linger in his heart, making His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wonder more and more whether there really is another possibility.

"Is there anything to doubt about this? For thousands of years, all dynasties have relied on Confucianism to govern the country. Your Highness, don't listen to rumors and fall into the evil way! Wu Bozong said in a fierce voice, he had forgotten the Lou Zi he had just stabbed.

"Is that right?" The prince muttered. At this moment, his mind was full of the fallacies and heresies of the sixth child......

In the confusion, there was a faint sound of drums in the distance.

"What sound?" He asked.

"It seems like the drums are sounding." Wu Bozong said softly.

In the Hongwu Dynasty, the common people beat the drums very frequently, so he was very familiar with the sound of the drums.

"Really." The prince nodded, and couldn't help frowning slightly, feeling that things were not so simple.

"This palace has to go to my father quickly." He got up and ordered: "You quickly repack the account books and send them back to the Zhongshu Province." ”

"Yes." Wu Bozong had no choice but to respond, and now he was going to be ridiculed to death by the guys in Zhongshu Province.

"I've been tired for a few days, so let's go back and rest when I'm done." The prince dropped a warm word and hurried out of the lecture hall.

Looking at His Royal Highness's distant figure, Wu Bozong sighed in amazement, he clearly realized that he had lost the trust of the crown prince.

As for Confucianism, has it lost trust? It's not in his mind at all.

~~

When Zhu Biao came to the Wuying Palace, the old man had already been taken to the front of the palace.

As soon as the prince stepped into the main hall, he felt that the atmosphere inside was cold and unusual.

The father's increasingly rounded face was forced into a shoehorn.

"Boss, you came just in time, let's listen to the good things that our powerful children of Daming do!" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

"Yes, Father." Zhu Biao responded, and hurriedly walked to the throne and stood still.

"Old man Sun, you go on." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The old man Sun burst into tears and said, "My daughter-in-law was pregnant with Liujia, and she was killed like that." When the person brought it back, my wife fainted on the spot, and I was stunned......"

Sun Laohan told the emperor and the crown prince about the tragic experience.

"I was expecting the government to preside over the announcement, but who knew that the county magistrate actually changed 'drag racing and killed people' to 'driving and killing people', so it was given an accident, and our family was sentenced to ten yuan in compensation, and the driver was sentenced to confiscate the army.

"As for that Hu Gongzi, he doesn't have any responsibility. And within a few days, he changed drivers and continued to race on the streets. Sun Laohan said with grief and indignation:

"And because he was not satisfied with the verdict, my son once scolded that Hu Gongzi in public. Hu Gongzi deliberately passed in front of our stall every time. We sell pots and pots, and every time he deliberately crushes some pottery. My son exploded his lungs every day, and finally lost his mind, picked up a clay pot that had been crushed, and threw it towards Hu Gongzi's carriage......"

"As a result, he was beaten to death by his guards in the street...... "The old man finally couldn't help crying:

"My wife hanged herself that night. The old man and I originally had a family of four living in peace, waiting for the birth of my grandson. Who would have thought that in just one month, I would be the only lonely old man left! Aha......"

Although the prince didn't hear the previous situation, he was already shocked.

When I looked at my father again, I saw that his eyes were red, and his face was full of shame and guilt.

"Father, where is this Hu Gongzi sacred?" While the old man was crying and couldn't speak, the prince asked in a low voice.

"Hu Weiyong's baby son." Zhu Yuanzhang sniffled, wiped his tears with his fingers, and choked up: "I didn't expect it, what happened to our family is still endless in this dynasty." What is the difference between our Ming Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty? ”

"No, it's more hateful than the Yuan Dynasty! This year's wind and rain are smooth, how can it be compared to the successive disasters of the year? I didn't expect the common people to inevitably lose their families. ”

As he spoke, he slammed the royal case and shouted angrily:

"Even in the eyes of those dignitaries, the lives of the common people are like mustard! I'm a! ”

This frightened the crying Sun Laohan, and he looked up at the emperor who was also crying.

"You go on." Seeing that his father's emotions were a little out of control, the prince had no choice but to take over the scene.

“…… The old man went to the county government to complain again, but the county magistrate said that because it was my son who did it first, he was sentenced to a mutual beating. It's just that the murderer who killed my son shot too hard, so he was sentenced to 80 rods and confiscated to the border. Sun Laohan then said sadly:

"He said that he had eighty rods, but after ten days of exile, he would be able to follow Shangguan on foot. I really don't know if he has an iron buttocks, or if there is no king law in Liuhe County! ”

"Lawlessness." The prince scolded in a low voice.

"And since that day, there have been people secretly staring at the old man, wanting to kill me." Sun Laohan said angrily again.

"How do you know?" When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he stared at the old man Sun.

Even if the level of the person sent by Hu Weiyong to keep an eye on is not good, it is not something that an ordinary person can discover.

(End of chapter)